Short Summary

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALABAMA DROPPED THE "WHITE SUPREMACY" SLOGAN FROM ITS EMBLEM AT A FIERY MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA YESTERDAY (SATURDAY).

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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ALABAMA DROPPED THE "WHITE SUPREMACY" SLOGAN FROM ITS EMBLEM AT A FIERY MEETING IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA YESTERDAY (SATURDAY). THE PARTY HAD CARRIED THE WHITE ROOSTER EMBLEM WITH AN ACCOMPANYING WHITE SUPREMACY SLOGAN FOR 62 YEARS.

THE PARTY FELT COMPELLED TO DROP THE SLOGAN BECAUSE OF THE UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF NEGRO VOTERS WHO ARE REGISTERING THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SOME ANGRY PARTY MEMBERS FLATLY OPPOSED THE MOVE. MEMBERS PUT THESE VIEWS:-